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Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003
Borghans, Lex - 2010
In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in the period 1999-2003. We explain the importance of wage-setting institutions in the Netherlands and the main actors. The analyses are based on administrative sources allowing for comparisons between and within...
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Production Function and Wage Equation Estimation with Heterogeneous Labor : Evidence from a New Matched Employer-Employee Data Set
Hellerstein, Judith K.; Neumark, David - 2021
In this paper, we first describe the 1990 DEED, the most recently constructed matched employer-employee data set for the United States that contains detailed demographic information on workers (most notably, information on education). We then use the data from manufacturing establishments in the...
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Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap
Biasi, Barbara; Sarsons, Heather - 2022
Does flexible pay increase the gender wage gap? To answer this question we analyze the wages of public-school teachers in Wisconsin, where a 2011 reform allowed school districts to set teachers' pay more flexibly and engage in individual negotiations. Using quasi-exogenous variation in the...
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Efficiency Wages and the Wage Structure
Krueger, Alan B.; Summers, Lawrence H. - 2021
This paper examines differences in pay for equally skilled workers indifferent industries. The major finding is that there is substantialdispersion in wages across industries, even after allowing for measured andunmeasured labor quality, working conditions, fringe benefits, transitorydemand...
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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations
Kleven, Henrik - 2019
This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893143
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Wage Dispersion between and within Plants : Sweden 1985-2000
Nordstrom Skans, Oskar - 2010
. It is well known that wage inequality has increased in Sweden since the mid-1980s. However, little evidence has so far …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760193
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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy
Davis, Steven J.; Henrekson, Magnus - 2022
centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 … identify the rise and fall of centralized wage-setting arrangements as a major factor in the evolution of Sweden's industry … accounted for about 40 percent of U.S.-Swedish differences in the industry distribution. The dissolution of Sweden's centralized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039683
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Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Meghir, Costas - 2012
It is often argued that informal labor markets in developing countries promote growth by reducing the impact of regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage-posting framework of Burdett and Mortensen (1998) to allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101278
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Mismatch, Sorting and Wage Dynamics
Lise, Jeremy - 2013
We develop an empirical search-matching model which is suitable for analyzing the wage, employment and welfare impact of regulation in a labor market with heterogeneous workers and jobs. To achieve this we develop an equilibrium model of wage determination and employment which extends the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088394
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Comparative Advantage and Unemployment
Bils, Mark - 2010
We model unemployment allowing workers to differ by comparative advantage in market work. Workers with comparative advantage are identified by who works more hours when employed. This enables us to test the model by grouping workers based on their long-term wages and hours from panel data. The...
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